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Evite data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the August 2013 breach of Evite. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Evite data breach exposed 100,985,047 accounts from evite.com in August 2013. The data taken includes passwords, dates of birth, names and physical addresses and 3 more kinds of data.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 14 Jul 2019, 6 years later. It is the 22nd largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Evite’s breach included 7 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
PasswordsCriminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them.
Dates of birthUsed to prove who you are to banks and phone companies.
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Physical addressesUsed to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Phone numbersExpect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM.
GendersPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.

What to do

  1. Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Evite among them, without showing the data.
  2. Change your Evite password.If the account still exists, sign in at Evite (evite.com) and change it.
  3. Change it anywhere you used the same one.Start with your email, then banking and shopping. Leaked passwords are tried on other sites automatically, within days.
  4. Use a password manager and two-step sign-in.A different password for every site means one breach can’t open the rest. Two-step sign-in stops a leaked password working on its own.
  5. Distrust messages that mention Evite.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  6. Put a PIN on your phone account.Ask your mobile provider for a port-out PIN, so no one can move your number to their SIM.
  7. Freeze your credit.In the US, free at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. In Australia, ask Equifax, Experian and illion for a ban. No one can open credit in your name while it’s on.

Timeline

  • : the breach, as best it can be dated.
  • : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 6 years later.

Breaches often stay hidden for a long time. Until it came out, people in it had no reason to change anything.

Similar breaches

Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:

  • ClearVoice Surveys, August 2015, 15 million accounts
  • Sony, June 2011, 37,103 accounts
  • Yam, June 2013, 13 million accounts
  • Yatra, September 2013, 5 million accounts
  • JobStreet, March 2012, 3.9 million accounts
  • VNG, May 2015, 25 million accounts

See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.

References

  1. ^ Troy Hunt. “Evite”, Have I Been Pwned, added 14 Jul 2019. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.